After god knows how many hours and days of playing nothing else, I have finished TOTK. Listen, I am an avid believer that BOTW is overrated and I don’t think this game is the masterpiece everyone is saying either. The sky is so barren and the depths semi-make up for it but still not really. I think having shrines in the depths would help, and they try and do that in a way with the lightroots but it doesn’t work imo. The weapon durability is worse and the fuse ability doesn’t make up for it (still fun though!). It also runs really badly yeah, but I blame the switch for that more than the game. But damn is this shit fun. The plot is actually kinda compelling (BOTW COULD NEVER) , Ganondorf is the fucking goat, the side adventures are all amazing (I only did the Hateno, Tarrey Town, and Kohga quest lines tho), the soundtrack is better than BOTW, which is not a high bar and it’s still in bottom 5 zelda OSTS, but it’s an improvement! Dungeons are also MILES better but the Sage powers are way worse than the Champions. The feeling I get from Zelda games is unmatched and I’m looking forward to coming back to this and chipping away through the summer.

Final Tally:

49 Shrines
23/23 Main Quests
18/18 Memories
5/139 Side Quests
14/60 Side Adventures
2/31 Shrine Quests
13/92 Creatures Photographed
59/110 Monsters Photograohed
23/126 Materials Photographed
33/175 Equipment Pieces Photographed
2/6 Treasures Photographed